News: Alberta Land Institute

August 9, 2024

Podcast Episode: Property Rights

Our PILOT EPISODE! Join Dr. Eran Kaplinsky and Dr. Dave Poulton as they dive into a discussion on property rights, what rights landowners have and what powers government's have in creating public policy governing private land use. FOR MORE INFORMATION CHECK OUT THESE RESOURCES: Property Rights Guide Alberta Land Stewardship Act Thank you, Dave Poulton and Eran Kaplinsky, for making this episode possible.…

July 30, 2024

K-Days Energy Innovation Zone with Future Energy Systems: Terrarium experiment unexpected findings

This past weekend, the Alberta Land Institute was with Future Energy Systems at the K-Days Energy Innovation Zone. The ALI table was run by ALI’s communications coordinator (myself) and Nilusha Weledegara, our research manager. We were, once again, highlighting the ongoing research on the benefits of urban trees with a small sticker activity alongside a small demonstration. We based our demo on…

June 27, 2024

Examining The Urban Agriculture Debate

Recently, there has been an influx of articles criticizing the environmental impacts of urban agriculture. The articles are based on a study from the University of Michigan that looks at the carbon footprint of urban agriculture. The widespread coverage, and to some degree, misrepresentation of the study by the media has triggered backlash from scientists and urban farmers alike. Like any climate…

June 19, 2024

New Podcast Episode: How Urban Farms Benefit Communities with Kevin Jones

Urban farms have a number of environmental benefits and have often been discussed as solutions to food security issues, but there is another, less discussed benefit: community building! FOR MORE INFORMATION CHECK OUT THESE RESOURCES: Exploring potential nature-based solutions in the Alberta context Urban agriculture in the making or gardening as epistemology Prairie Urban Farm Thank you, Kevin Jones,…

June 10, 2024

Funding Winners 2023/2024

The Alberta Land Institute's 2023/2024 Call for Proposals received many fantastic applications, 5 of which were selected for funding. Learn more about the funding winners and their projects below. Sven Anders Bio: Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sci - Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology Sven is an agricultural economist with research and teaching interests in the…